Something for Pandora: A Ceramic Box With a Lid

Frances Palmer’s new charm boxes were inspired by a 2002 show of the work of the Austrian decorative artist Dagobert Peche at the Neue Galerie New York, the Manhattan museum specializing in early-20th-century Austrian and German art. She kept the catalog in the Connecticut ceramics studio where she throws earthenware pieces, and was encouraged to create the collection when Renée Price, the Neue Galerie’s director, heard of her interest.

It was the first time she tackled the tricky job of making a vessel with a lid. She described the pieces as a riff on Peche’s designs. “Some of the things that inspired these boxes were originally done in silver that I just translated into ceramic,” she said.

The hand-painted boxes are available through the Neue Galerie Design Shop for $350 to $400 each. Information: 212-628-6200, extension 496, or shop.neuegalerie.org.

A version of this article appears in print on October 31, 2013, on page D3 of the New York edition with the headline: Something for Pandora: A Ceramic Box With a Lid. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe